All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 127
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ArticleLord Mayor of London launches foundation for young musicians
The Lord Mayor of London has launched a foundation to help young players at the outset of their professional careers. The City Music Foundation will give financial support and mentoring and performance opportunities to individuals or groups in classical, jazz, folk and world music genres. The ...
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ArticleNEC violin teacher Masuko Ushioda dies aged 71
Violinist and pedagogue Masuko Ushioda has died at the age of 71. For almost 40 years she taught at the New England Conservatory in Boston, Massachusetts. Born in Japan, Ushioda originally studied at the Toho Gakuen Academy and the Leningrad Conservatory before beginning private studies with ...
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ArticleJailed former Chetham's music director Michael Brewer stripped of OBE
The Queen has annulled Michael Brewer's OBE for services to music after the former music school director was convicted of sexually abusing violinist Frances Andrade more than 30 years ago. Brewer, 68, was jailed for six years in March for indecently assaulting Andrade while she was ...
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ArticleHeifetz, Piatigorsky, Primrose
On 29 May 1962 this recording of Beethoven's Serenade op.8 won a Grammy award for Best Chamber Music Performance. Recorded 15–22 August 1960 by Jascha Heifetz (violin), Gregor Piatigorsky (cello) and William Primrose (viola). Listen to Heifetz and Primrose performing Handel's Passacaglia.
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ReviewBrahms: Violin Sonata no.1 in G major op.78. R. Schumann: Violin Sonata no.1 in A minor op.105. C. Schumann: Three Romances op.22
The Strad Issue: January 2013Description: Perceptively free-ranging performances of Romantic classicsMusicians: Jennifer Pike (violin) Tom Poster (piano)Composer: Brahms, R. Schumann, C. SchumannIt was said that Robert Schumann composed the first of his two violin sonatas in just four days, and it is that white-heat-of-the-moment feeling that is ...
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ArticleOistrakh plays Bartók's Violin Concerto no.1
Béla Bartók's Violin Concerto no.1 received its world premiere on 30 May 1958 – 50 years after its composition in 1907–1908. David Oistrakh was an early champion of the concerto, and performs here with the Moscow Radio Orchestra under Gennady Rozhdestvensky. The recording was made on 24 December ...
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ArticleKarl Roy, Mittenwald Violin Making School director, dies aged 80
Luthier and author Karl Roy has died aged 80. For two decades he was director of the Mittenwald School of Violin Making in southern Germany, which he joined as a tutor in 1960. Born in 1933 in Potsdam, Roy grew up and went to school in Hanover. ...
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ArticleVadim Repin plays a Tchaikovsky encore
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky finished writing his Souvenir d'un lieu cher on 31 May 1878 – 135 years ago. Here, Vadim Repin performs the 'Mélodie' in E flat major as an encore, with Nikolai Lugansky at the piano.
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ReviewIn the South
The Strad Issue: January 2013Description: Southern heat becomes tangible in this well-considered collectionMusicians: Brodsky QuartetComposer: Verdi, Paganini (arr. Cassidy), Wolf, Puccini, Piazzolla & TurinaIt’s hard not to be seduced by this selection of pieces suggestive of Italy (and easy to forgive the interloping pieces by Turina and ...
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ReviewCorelli: Violin Sonatas op.5
The Strad Issue: January 2013Description: Colours abound in idiomatic performances of CorelliMusicians: Avison Ensemble: Pavlo Beznosiuk (violin) Richard Tunnicliffe (cello) Paula Chateauneuf (archlute/guitar) Roger Hamilton (harpsichord/organ)Composer: CorelliIn this second volume of the Avison Ensemble’s project to record Corelli’s complete chamber music, Pavlo Beznosiuk and his colleagues treat ...
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ReviewMystery Variations on Giuseppe Colombi’s Chiacona
The Strad Issue: January 2013Description: A celebratory work that provides multiple responses to solo cello writingMusicians: Anssi Karttunen (cello)Composer: Various composersIn this composite work written to celebrate the 50th birthday in 2010 of Anssi Karttunen, 30 composers have each contributed a variation on the Chiacona by Giuseppe ...
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ArticleSzymon Goldberg: Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto
Polish-born American violinist Szymon Goldberg (1 June 1909–19 July 1993) made this recording of Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto on 4 September 1957, with the Concertgebouw Orchestra under Eduard van Beinum. Recorded at the Usher Hall, Edinburgh. The second volume of Szymon Goldberg's complete commercial recordings was published earlier this ...
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Review
Modular Living By Design
The Strad Issue: January 2013Description: A rare jazz trio with a cello to the foreMusicians: Will Martinu (cello) Jason Lindner (piano/Rhodes) Richie Barshay (drums/percussion)Composer: Will MartinuAustralian-born New York resident Will Martinu returns with the trio that released The Dam Levels (reviewed February 2012). The rock and hip-hop influences shared ...
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ReviewLeaning Toward the Fiddler
The Strad Issue: January 2013Description: An effective marriage of singing and violin playingMusicians: Hope Wechkin (violin/voice)Composer: Trad.It’s hard to label Hope Wechkin either as a fiddler who sings, or as a vocalist who can accompany herself on violin, as on this evidence, neither skill deserves secondary billing. ...
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ReviewHindemith: Viola Sonatas op.11 no.4, op.25 no.1 & ‘1939’, Capriccio op.8 no.1 (arr. Gandelsman)
The Strad Issue: January 2013Description: A generally successful survey of Hindemith’s viola musicMusicians: Yuri Gandelsman (viola) Ralph Votapek (piano)Composer: HindemithThe Uzbek violist Yuri Gandelsman studied with Genrikh Talalyan (and is therefore a grand-student of the great Vadim Borisovsky). After stints as principal of the Israel Philharmonic and ...
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ArticleAmerican cellist and teacher Paul Olefsky dies aged 87
US cellist and pedagogue Paul Olefsky has died at the age of 87. During his long career he was a member of several American orchestras and a recitalist in North America and Europe. For almost four decades he taught cello and chamber music at the University of ...
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ArticleAnne-Sophie Mutter: Carmen Fantasy
French composer Georges Bizet died on 3 June 1875, exactly three months after the premiere of his most famous work, Carmen. Here's Anne-Sophie Mutter performing Sarasate's Carmen Fantasy in 2012, with the Tanglewood Youth Orchestra under conductor Andris Nelsons. Read more about Bizet and Sarasate in the ...
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ArticleFlood warnings put paid to 2013 Handel Festival in Halle
The Handel Festival in Halle, central Germany, has been cancelled due to fears of flooding. The festival, traditionally themed around the music of Handel and his contemporaries, was to have taken place from 6 to 16 June. Artists involved in this year’s event would have included viola ...
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ArticleThe Alarius Ensemble plays Rosenmüller
In the June issue, viola da gamba player Philippe Pierlot chooses the Alarius Ensemble's performance of this sonata by Johann Rosenmüller as one of his five favourite recordings of all time. 'Their interpretation still sounds to me completely modern, even after 50 years. The musicians inspired me ...
